Former NY Mets GM just created a rumor that sounds straight out of Wonderland

Unclear, unspecified, and sounding more like a man trying to leave a possibility open in a “just in case” scenario, former New York Mets GM Jim Duquette followed up on a statement about the biggest aggressors for Kyle Tucker with an even more amazing rumor. After revealing the Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Toronto Blue Jays as the ones kicking hardest for Tucker, he was asked about the possibility that “they” get both. Here’s where the trouble comes in.

It has been assumed the “they” referred to are the Mets, but it’s not exactly clear. The Blue Jays definitely won’t land Tucker and Cody Bellinger. Could the Dodgers? Maybe.

The vagueness of it won’t have fans rushing to buy season tickets quite yet. Let’s get one first and even then, it seems straight out of Wonderland for any team to end up with both left-handed hitting outfielders.

Could the Mets really sign Kyle Tucker and Cody Bellinger?

To take a phrase from Buster Olney, I wouldn’t bet the family farm. Don’t even bet a pack of Pepperidge Farm cookies. This offseason hasn’t played out in the way where one team is going to end up with the biggest offensive pots of gold in the end.

From a standpoint of playing time, it would be a bit strange, too. Yeah, the Mets can fit them both. An all-left-handed-hitting outfield alongside Juan Soto, the main issue is how it puts Bellinger into an everyday center field gig with maybe some extended time at first base. Those are valuable abilities to have yet not something you want to depend on when your goal is run prevention.

Of course, we’d have little to complain about when Bellinger misjudges a fly ball then clobbers a home run in the bottom half of the inning. It wouldn’t matter if opposing teams could toss southpaw after southpaw at us either. Bellinger was one of the top hitters versus lefties last year anyway, hitting .353 with a 1.016 OPS.

Duquette isn’t proclaiming the Mets will sign both or even going as far as Olney did to practically guarantee us one of Framber Valdez/Ranger Suarez. He’s leaving a door none of us expected open. It would be very Steve Cohen for the Mets to end up with the pair yet amazingly against their entire offseason approach up until this point.

What’s more, it does nothing to address the starting rotation which was their biggest issue in the latter part of the season with maybe the bullpen equaling them in terms of grief. As intriguing as it may be, shelling out significant money to this pair doesn’t build the most well-rounded ball club. We’ll be happy with one of them and have expectations that the follow-up involves finally adding to the starting pitching staff.